Topic: Court: RapidShare must remove infringing content proactively

[metal1369]

File sharing service RapidShare may find itself without a viable business model if a German court ruling stands. After getting sued by a German copyright holder, the company argued that it was doing all it could to screen out copyrighted material. The court, however, has ruled that its efforts were insufficient, raising questions about whether doing anything that was legally sufficient could be done without incurring enough costs to sink the company.

Full article:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081001-german-court-says-rapidshare-must-get-proactive-on-copyrighted-content.html

[IWM]

bigyan lang ng 5 years na premium account ang judge, solve na yan. hehe..i hope RS will not be completely shut down.

[screamshot]

sandali lang naman!.. nagddwonload pa ko ngayon eh..baka di matapos.. hhahahahaha

[Master Dave]

that's impossible since most of the infringing files (movies, mp3) are renamed and archived with passwords.. kaya di rin malalaman ng rapidshare if the content is infringing..